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After being likened to Anna Kournikova, the diver answered some of his critics with a brilliant display in Dubai that pushed the world No 1 all the way

We are probably all a bit guilty of a certain level of double standards here
so, after a harrowing weekend of sport, let’s dig out one of the better
results and pay it its due.

Last month, Tom Daley had a pretty poor time of it. He was criticised publicly
by Alexei Evangulov, the Performance Director of British Diving, for
concentrating too much of his time on his commercial work and not enough on
his training. Then he stuffed up by finishing seventh in the London test
event; which, just short of belly-flopping in the Olympics, is about as
public